Primary events

Marriage: He married Elizabeth Dakin between 1790 and 1793. This does not appear in St Nicholas transcriptions. On Sarah's birth details in 1789 and on both James' in 1793 and 1795 the mother is stated to be Elizabeth DAKIN. From the entry note on the christening of Mary, I believe the marriage, if it took place at all, would have been after 1790.

Secondary circumstances

Occupation: James was Fisherman and fish merchant.

wit_to: On 16 September 1789, in Great Yarmouth, James witnessed The marriage of Thomas GREADY and Elizabeth BECKETT. There were other marriages he witnessed around this time, so he may have been church official more than a friend or relation of one or both of the participants.11

Joseph and Mary DOWSING had other children. One was William SAUNDERS 1791-1868.

William married Mary LARN IN 1810 in Lowestoft. Mary is the daughter of James LARN and Elizabeth DAKIN who are my 5thGGP.

I said this was tricky. Those relationships do NOT show a DNA link between us, as your tree shows you are descended from a person who is an in-law. I have many SAUNDERS cousins, but so far none who are descended from any of the Josephs

I will add my SAUNDERS people into my ancestry tree later today. I have a lot more details on my web site www.shirley-elrick.com. (But note it has been 3 months since I updated this).

I have another person with a DNA match to me via James and Elizabeth. The ID is PaulineM133. I think that if you also match to her, then we have proved that this is where the link is - I am not certain of that statement, I am new to this, but it sounds logical. At the very least the fact I have another link means that the link between John and Elizabeth proves my paper research is confirmed. I had this completed long before DNA tests..